Re: NET_ALIAS in 2.1.78

Krzysztof G. Baranowski (kgb@manjak.knm.org.pl)
Fri, 9 Jan 1998 19:38:31 +0100 (MET)


While testing the million monkey theory, Natarajan Krishnaswami said:
>I just tried 2.1.78, having upgraded from 2.1.65, and I noticed that
>the NET_ALIAS device does not seem to be working.
>I had the same difficulty when I used one of the CVS 2.1.64 kernels.
>Have the sematics of the NET_ALIAS device changed, am I missing
>something silly, or is it genuinely broken?
It can't be compiled as a module.

[root@manjak linux]# grep -i alias .config
CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y

Regards,
Kris

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